Piers DE ROS
- Married:
- Died: Before 1129, Ros, Holderness, East Riding Yorkshire, England
 Orthographic variations: DE ROOS, DE ROSS
Research Notes:
A charter of King Henry II, dated to [1156/57], confirmed donations to York St Mary, including the donation of land “in Gillinga Ridale” by “Petrus de Ros”. 1
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"That Peter, the ancestor of this great and noble family," says Dugdale, "did originally assume his surname in the time of Henry I from that lordship in Holderness called Ros, where he then had his residence, needeth not to be doubted." This Peter de Ros, or Roos, a feudal baron, m. Adeline, one of the sisters and co-heirs of the famous Walter Espec, Lord of the manor of Helmesley, called sometimes Helmeslac, but oftener Hamlake, in the north riding of Yorkshire, and was s. at his decease by his son, Robert de Ros. 2
Marriage Information:
Piers married Adeline ESPEC, daughter of William ESPEC, Lord of Helmsley, Yorks., & Wark, Northumberland. (Adeline ESPEC died before 1153.)
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